12:51 AM,
Dec. 11, 2012

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Michigan companies were stunned to learn that they'll have to pay $63 per covered person annually for health insurance when millions of uninsured people with pre-existing conditions start being covered under Obamacare.

The fee, part of federal regulation highlighted by the Associated Press on Monday, will be in effect for three years, but will be reduced each year, ending at about $40. It's expected to bring in $12 billion in 2014, $8 billion in 2015 and $5 billion in 2016.

The question is if companies or employees will pay -- or share -- the fee, which would affect an estimated 190 million ...